# Περὶ πυρός 1.6

Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-3/1.6

εἰ δὲ μή ἐστι πῦρ μηδὲ πυρὸς φῶς αὐτὸ μὲν τοῦτο θαυμαστὸν καὶ λόγου δεῖται· εἰ δὲ μήθ᾽ ὑπὸ τούτου καὶ διὰ τοῦτον ἡ θερμό της ἐκεῖνο γε φανερὸν ὡς ἐν ὑποκειμένῳ τινὶ καὶ τὸ πῦρ καὶ ὁ ἥλιος τὸ θερμόν. ἄτοπον δὲ καὶ τοῦτο πάλιν εἰ ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ πρῶτον ἐν ὑποκειμένῳ· τὸ γὰρ θερμὸν καὶ ἡ τούτου δύναμις ἀρχή. κοινότερον γὰρ τοῦτο καὶ ἐπὶ πλείω διήκει καὶ κυριώτερον ἀλλοιώσεως καὶ φυσικῆς γενέσεως. τὸ δὲ πῦρ ὡς εἴρηται γεννητικὸν μὲν αὑτοῦ φθαρτικὸν δὲ ὡς ἐπίπαν τῶν ἄλλων, ὅθεν καὶ δῆλον ὡς ἑτέρα τις ἡ φύσις πυρὸς καὶ θερμοῦ.

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Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg005.local001/.